Tuesday, April 25, 2017

S A V O R the Blessings...


S A V O R the Blessings...

          Spring
               Ascension
                    Volition 
                         Omnipresence 
                              Resurrection ... soul's divine grace be known...


Rose Marie Raccioppi 

Poet Laureate

Friday, April 21, 2017

The Child Within Calls...


The child within calls to the T R I B E...

     where Truth rules
          where Revelation is prized
                where I AM is in presence
                      where Beauty is expression
                           where Evolution is life's behest...


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Words in Revelation


Image: Emanuel Dimitri Volakis

Saturday, April 15, 2017

...and so BE the risen light...


Very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared and they found not the body of the Lord Jesus.  
Luke 24:1,3

HE HAS RISEN

This BE in loving grace heard
And known was the TRUTH of HIS WORD
Peace, love and healing did HE bring
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, let us sing
With unerring FAITH within our hearts HE to live
And to this our ardent devotion shall we give.


H A P P Y ~ E A S T E R

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York



William-Adolphe Bouguereau, (1825-1905), Le Saintes Femmes au Tombeau (The Holy Women at the Sepulcher) 
The Three Marys at the Tomb, Oil on Canvas, 1876.

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

April 2017 ~ National Poetry Month... Celebration it is...past/forward in poetic dialogue...




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In Acknowledgment of National Poetry Month... I am asked what is my purpose as a Poet Laureate... I answer L I F E... to be known by our gifts, our needs, each letter, each word a journey, be it the Love that serves self and others, the Inspiration that speaks to heart and vision, the Freedom that defines our spirit, the Eternal ever present... Yes, an awakening to L I F E defines my purpose.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York





Monday, March 13, 2017

March in its mercurial mood...


March and the call of winter...

trees barren of leaves
budding green in a blanket of snow
sun brilliant in the lambent sky
the calm of a cold cold winter day

March being March in its mercurial mood

holds to the call of winter
summoned be the cold, high winds, and snow angels
crystals of light to come forth in winter’s mood
and so the storm before the gateway to spring.


Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Spring... Soulful Expression...



Spring in its soulful expression
The bloom of life and beauty
Delicate be the quiver of nature's grace
Such soulful expression within heart to place
The purity of white in snow and bloom anew
This the WAY of GOD in blessings eternal on to You.


Rose Marie Raccioppi 
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York






Saturday, March 4, 2017

W H I T E ...


White...
White be the fire flame
The passion of light ne'er to tame
Rapturous be an alchemy done
The fire, the flame, the passion, ONE 
Purity, the forging of SELF and time
Be known the eternal soul divine
White be the fire flame
The passion of light ne'er to tame.


Rose Marie Raccioppi 
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York